Re:It's Different for Girls
by obvious_throw on Friday May 02, 2014 @09:24PM
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#3: She files suit, and wins, because the legal climate surrounding harassment cases is overwhelmingly in her favor and she knows it.
I can't take claims of the above seriously in the US, because women are 100% legally protected from professional retribution when declining said "deals". I can't speak to outside the US, but here, the protections are vast and absolute.
It's not 1913 anymore, any anybody who claims otherwise needs to wake up to the current legal reality.
Re:It's Different for Girls
by alukima on Friday May 02, 2014 @10:57PM
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And then she can never work again. Most settlements pay out less than $100,000, not nearly enough to live off. Not worth being blacklisted from future employment because the guys in charge think women need to "lighten up".
I can't take claims of the above seriously in the US, because women are 100% legally protected from professional retribution when declining said "deals". I can't speak to outside the US, but here, the protections are vast and absolute.
It's not 1913 anymore, any anybody who claims otherwise needs to wake up to the current legal reality.